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    M.P.E.C. 2012-B25                                Issued 2012 Jan. 20, 21:17 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
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                                   2012 BG11

Observations:
     K12B11G* C2012 01 19.20811 04 48 47.65 -01 57 13.3          17.8  cEB025704
     K12B11G  C2012 01 19.22107 04 48 45.72 -02 01 58.1          17.8  cEB025704
     K12B11G  C2012 01 19.23406 04 48 43.87 -02 06 45.1          17.7  cEB025704
     K12B11G  C2012 01 19.24698 04 48 42.02 -02 11 31.3          17.7  cEB025704
     K12B11G  C2012 01 19.25997 04 48 40.27 -02 16 18.0          18.1  cEB025704
     K12B11G  C2012 01 20.24843 04 47 24.14 -08 48 31.0          17.4 VrEB025G96
     K12B11G  C2012 01 20.24876 04 47 24.07 -08 48 39.7          17.7 VrEB025G96

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler, T. McVey, A. Valdivia, C. Gall.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 BG11                                                Earth MOID = 0.0287 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   9.95235              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35955861     Peri.  221.17572     -0.86763908     -0.48031912
a   1.9586474      Node   289.68439     +0.48438705     -0.75834399
e   0.5144675      Incl.    7.84005     +0.11212325     -0.44069029
P   2.74           H   22.3           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
120119 704  0.4+  0.2-    120119 704  0.4-  0.6-    120120 G96  0.1-  0.2-
120119 704  0.3-  0.4+    120119 704  0.4+  0.3+
120119 704  0.1-  0.1+    120120 G96  0.1+  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2012 BG11                a,e,i = 1.96, 0.51, 8                   q = 0.9510
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2011 12 21    05 17 59.0 +41 13 14   0.1973  1.1719   160.7    16.1    20.0
...
2012 01 05    05 03 04.7 +34 23 39   0.1079  1.0796   151.9    25.4    18.8
...
2012 01 13    04 55 20.4 +22 30 01   0.06688 1.0377   143.1    34.7    17.9
...
2012 01 19    04 49 05.7 -00 39 48   0.04216 1.0107   128.5    49.6    17.3
2012 01 20    04 47 49.8 -07 02 12   0.03921 1.0066   124.3    53.8    17.3
2012 01 21    04 46 25.7 -14 19 30   0.03682 1.0026   119.4    58.8    17.2
...
2012 01 27    04 28 59.3 -64 57 14   0.03835 0.9816    84.3    93.4    18.5
...
2012 02 04    17 52 09.6 -81 10 53   0.06912 0.9617    67.8   108.4    20.5
...
2012 02 19    17 24 54.3 -64 30 05   0.1417  0.9521    71.2   100.7    21.6

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-B25

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